Philly PowerShell User Group – Nov. 1

Our second of the newly created Philly PowerShell User Group was on November 1st. Our turn out was better than expected due to Super Storm Sandy. Our topic for the month was showcasing new features in Server 2012 and PowerShell v3. I gave a presentation titled “From Nothing To Something”. The premise was simple: build a server with Windows Server 2012. I covered the types of Installs, and the new intermediate install Minimal GUI which is not an install option in the install wizard. I also highlighted what features are available in Minimal GUI as compared to Full GUI. I demoed the process of taking a Server 2012 Core machine to Minimal GUI to Full GUI and then back to Server Core without re-installing the OS. Here are the PowerShell commands I used.

Note: I used the -Source parameter to access the Server 2012 ISO on my Hard Drive for faster and easier access.